On the relationship between trophic position, body mass and temperature: reformulating the energy limitation hypothesis

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Trophic level scales positively with body size in fishes (2011, methodology): “Consequently, trophic level might be expected to first increase with body size for smaller species, which are constrained by mechanisms other than energetic limitation, and then decrease with body size in larger species, assuming that no other mechanisms are operating to counteract strong energetic ”
Effects of body size, age and maturity stage on diet in a large shark: ecological and applied implications (2008, background): “Gape limitation precludes a predator from eating prey larger than its mouth, setting the upper limit to its trophic position (Hairston and Hairston 1993; Arim et al. 2007).”
Food web structure and body size: trophic position and resource acquisition (2010, background): “Recently, Arim et al. (2007a) hypothesized that a humped association between trophic position and body size is expected, unless food web structure allows for enough energy to become available for predators at high trophic positions.”
Sentinel systems on the razor's edge: effects of warming on Arctic geothermal stream ecosystems (2010, background): “larger) prey then this might no longer hold (Arim et al., 2007).”